Despite Whittingham in the post game conference saying he was keeping OC Beck until the end of the season, he just got fired.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigan-fires-jason-beck-offensive-coordinator-buyout/

Michigan has an elite defense that can rush the QB (We know Dylan turns to Hyde with an aggressive pass rush), but no offense to speak of.

Now with a new OC who will likely change to calling plays that take advantage of what the players are good at it's making me nervous.

They had close losses to Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana. And they beat Oklahoma.

But they just lost to Mich St and barely beat Rutgers.

So I would say they are a 500 team that you should be a little bit scared of.

They would beat the bad Oregon, but the good Oregon should take care of business. If it was to be an away game, I would be a lot more nervous.

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When things are going south, you have to fire either the OC or the DC.

I don't see this firing as being the least bit scary. I see Whit trying to cover his butt for bringing the highest-paid OC in CFB, $3 million a year, with him to Ann Arbor.

Beck tried to turn a decades-long downhill running attack into an RPO brush-blocking scheme, resulting in an epic fail. From preseason ranked to possibly not being bowl eligible. With a multi-million-dollar QB benched?

I'm more concerned about playing in East Lansing on Friday night, November 20, with an 8 PM Eastern kickoff.

Sparty, after defeating Michigan in Ann Arbor, and I think defeating UW at home this Saturday, will be fired up to take down the Ducks in a close-to-exclusive Friday night broadcast window.

Defeat UW and Sparty will be playing for bowl eligibility against Oregon.

Michigan has a solid defense; this won't be a walk in the park, but I think OBD is on an upward trend at the perfect time in the season.

Can OBD overcome 3 losses? Unfortunately, the next three opponents will not help the strength of schedule or the strength of record. But keep on ballin' while keepin' the faith.

(And, gulp, this Saturday, fight on for SC🤬.)

OBD defense can turn this game into a route. Whether it is Underwood or Carr, if we get the same defense that played against OSU, this game shouldn't be close.

Michigan is in utter disarray right now, players texts about the program being leaked to social media, OC being fired, and KW openly being questioned about play calling...there is a LOT to turn around there.

This LOOKS like a game that a focused Duck team should absolutely dismantle. I hope I don't regret saying that!